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Africa, broken promises, clean water, Clinic, community, diamond mining, Diamonds, Ebola, environment, environmental degradation, Housing, Kimberlite, Koidu Holdings, Kono, Kono District, mining, noise pollution, polluted wells, Roads, Schools, Sierra Leone, water, water quality, wells, West Africa
Kono Communities Affected by Mining
The residents of the Kimberlite township in Kono District, Sierra Leone, have been relocated to make way for a lucrative diamond mining concession.
In this video they explain how they feel they’ve been cheated out of the deal they originally made with mining company, Koidu Holdings, and explain how their frustrating situation could be addressed. http://www.insightshare.org/watch/video/kono-communities-affected-mining (http://youtu.be/uadJ6Eghe4w) This Work, Kono Communities Affected by Mining, by InsightShare is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
